Improvement in gates



'horizontal plane; the objectof my invention being gate, which bars are loosely inserted in vertical posts "Zluiia tat@ i REUBEN' HATCH, JR., CF TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 96,106, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters vIF'atem: and making part of the sme.

I, REUBEN HATCH, Jr., of Traverse City, in the count-y of Grand Traverse, and State of Michigan, have invented cert-ain Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the followingis a specification.'

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

My invention relates to the attachment of a slat or bar to one side of a farm-gate, loosely constructed of horizontal bars, in such a manner that the end ot' the gat-e that opens will fasten itself` up at any point to which it'is raised, while the gate swings open on a to get a cheap and substantial farm-gate, that will not sag, made to be raised up above obstructions,

such as snow, and at the same time swing open horizontally like an ordinary farm-gate.

Description of the Accompanying Drawings.

General Description. A A are the bars that compose the body of the B B, and fastened by a pin in each end, so as to admit of raising the end of the gate that opens to any desired height.

F is the slat or bar, by which the gate is supported when raised. This is fastened to the lower bar of the gate at H, and extends diagonally across4 the side of the gate, resting on a pin in the upper bar of the gate at I. It is held in place by the cleats H and L.

J is a button, which is forced down against the bar F, thereby pressing said bar against the cleat L till the notches in the upper side thereof catch, to fasten the gate shut, as shown at M in iig. 4.

The gate is opened by raising, with the hand, the end that opens, which, iu a looselyfmade gate, is easily done. This thrusts the bar F up, as the distance between the points H and I is shortened, and causes the notches in the lower side of the bar F to pass over the'pin at I, and catch Whenever the power that raises the gate is withdrawn, and the end of the gate will remain suspended above the` ground.

NVhen the gate is raised to the desired height, it is swung'open horizontally either way.

It is shut by throwing the bar F oi` from the-pin when the gate will drop into its place.

' It can be fastened open by unhooking the bar F, when the gate will drop on to the ground.

The bar F can be put across the gate in the opposite direction from that shown in the drawing, in which case .the notches must be in the post B, or it can be fastened at either end wit-h the notches at the other. A

Claim.

I claim, as my invention- The combination of the bar F, having notches on eac-h side, with lthe button J and the gate herein (escrihed, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth, whereby the gate may be fastened either open or shut, and when the gate is being opened, the bar F is self-acting.

REUBEN HATCH, JR.

Witnesses E. S. PRATT, MILTON SPENCER. 

